Dear editor:

Better than Victoria Day fireworks, better than any NIMBY nonsense ever, the new hotel proposal on the Rand Estate is worthy of a celebration for the anti-SORE-people crowd. If this isn’t moral justice, I don’t know what is.

After spending my tax money (almost $4 million) — and not to mention the financial opportunity cost lost property tax base over all of these years — to fight against a reasonable residential subdivision plan, it appears that the best plan ever has now evolved. This is a romantic comedy come true in real life.

And for the icing on the cake, the main access driveway runs along the property boundary of the biggest NIMBY in the history of this town.

If SORE wants to continue its “battle all over again” as stated in the May 16 news article (Niagara Now, “SORE braces for fresh Rand Estate showdown as Marotta files new proposal”), then go ahead, but do not use my tax contribution to do so.

By the way, this property is not the Rand Estate anymore — I call it the Marotta Anti-SORE Hotel site, which I will be attending when it is built together with all of my anti-NIMBY friends, who understand property rights, development rights and good municipal planning for sustained financial health of a small municipality.

This is an absolutely classic case on how to handle the insanity of the anonymous miserable people in this town; suffering fools gladly, a case study of sorts.

I would be happy to start a fundraiser to pay for a Benny Marotta bronze hero statue for the gateway to the Old Town district of NOTL. This is an unbelievably joyous occasion.

Peter Rusin
St. Davids